tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post556758514687524071..comments2017-08-17T17:43:58.910-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Bob Foster: "...happy, energetic and extremely generous..."Leif Penghttps://plus.google.com/111672213320663226648noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-91964575411029897542010-02-19T00:03:50.441-05:002010-02-19T00:03:50.441-05:00Great job pulling this together Leif. And Charlie,...Great job pulling this together Leif. And Charlie, you are always welcome to the party. ;-) Bob Foster did some ad illos while he was teaching in the late 50&#39;s, but most of his time was spent teaching full time. It was a way to have an income, and work on a portfolio to take to N.Y. That was his overwhelming desire from the day I met him. Charlie, with the workload you seemed to have maintained through your career, I&#39;m surprised you were able to take a vacation, let alone socialize with all the illustrators that came and went. As I remember San Francisco was pretty darn competitive, and everyone was working hard to break into the market, or stay in the market. I was told that there was more commercial artists looking for work in S.F. than was work available. <br />I believe it!<br /><br />Tom WatsonTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237565169344311948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-20003316386200909952010-02-17T17:46:32.543-05:002010-02-17T17:46:32.543-05:00Btw, the magazine &#39;Trinca&#39; as such (Spain ...Btw, the magazine &#39;Trinca&#39; as such (Spain early 70&#39;s) and its artists (V de la Fuente, A H Palacios, etc)could make a nice entry, maybe you would like to take a quick look...<br /><br />http://comicsenextincion.blogspot.com/search/label/TRINCA<br /><br />cheers!Marcos Mateuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740828780483716922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-40693717689605371752010-02-17T17:39:22.421-05:002010-02-17T17:39:22.421-05:00Fantastic work, best of the best. Give me Robert F...Fantastic work, best of the best. Give me Robert Fawcett any time, or any of these other guys for that matter.<br />Great post as usual.Marcos Mateuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740828780483716922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-60084320652716298772010-02-17T16:18:10.232-05:002010-02-17T16:18:10.232-05:00TOM.....Late to the party here....busy times. Tha...TOM.....Late to the party here....busy times. Thanks for the Bob Foster blog. After checking out TI now for some two years, I&#39;m still amazed how much I didn&#39;t know about the profession I was in. Don&#39;t know why I, and my illustrator friends, weren&#39;t aware of Foster. He obviously didn&#39;t compete in the S.F. area. There were others as well. Some very good illustrators came and went, and few knew them. I suppose we were very busy and stuck to our &#39;grooves&#39;. As the 70&#39;s came along, there were dozens of new eastern cats, excellent illustrators, who were impressive. Same thing happened out here....and by the 80&#39;s, the biz was 95% over with. Thanks to Leif and the other contributers, we&#39;re all learning a lot.Charlie Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-32006687863073017972010-02-17T07:00:01.111-05:002010-02-17T07:00:01.111-05:00Anonymous; you just blew my mind -- Morgan Kane h...Anonymous; you just blew my mind -- Morgan Kane has a website?! I&#39;ve been meaning to do a week on him for years now. I&#39;ll certainly investigate further - thanks for the heads-up.Leif Penghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-7713192324881821462010-02-17T06:58:37.430-05:002010-02-17T06:58:37.430-05:00Thank you all for your encouraging words! I&#39;m...Thank you all for your encouraging words! I&#39;m delighted that you&#39;re finding inspiration in the art and stories presented here at TI. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to people like Tom Watson and David Roach and the many others who have so generously shared the knowledge, experience, recollections and passion for the art and artists of the mid-century period. Many thanks to you all!Leif Penghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-7450313418196467662010-02-17T01:42:29.740-05:002010-02-17T01:42:29.740-05:00Big fan of your blog --- the spanish illustrator S...Big fan of your blog --- the spanish illustrator Segrelles might make a nice entry , or Morgan Kane - Kane has a nice site and interesting life - president of a hypnotist org.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-75239869427988618592010-02-16T23:07:23.928-05:002010-02-16T23:07:23.928-05:00love, Love LOVE your blog. The name is perfect --...love, Love LOVE your blog. The name is perfect -- Inspiration! Thank you sooo much for these treasures. I remember being inspired by these illustrations when I was a kid -- the facile lines, the casual play of light and dark, the fluidity of the paint strokes, the intriguing layout and the impecible anatomy. Just wonderul. <br /><br />Thank you.L. A. Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18195211536160960269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-32970090597075980082010-02-16T14:29:33.972-05:002010-02-16T14:29:33.972-05:00Wonderful, wonderful work. His work fits so well w...Wonderful, wonderful work. His work fits so well with his contemporaries of the day, Al Parker, Joe Bowler, Coby Whitmore. I love that period of illustration.Kyle Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089373828546640424noreply@blogger.com